iPhone App Store Hits Two Billion Downloads

They say the first billion is always the hardest. It took Apple just under a year to hit one billion downloads for its popular app store. Now, roughly five months later, the company is quietly celebrating two million, yet...

They say the first billion is always the hardest. It took Apple just under a year to hit one billion downloads for its popular app store. Now, roughly five months later, the company is quietly celebrating two million, yet another impressive milestone for a storefront that has been heralded by many as the next step in the future of mobile software.

Brian Heater has worked at a number of tech pubs, including Engadget, Laptop, and PCMag (where he served as Senior Editor). Most recently, he was as the Managing Editor of TechTimes.com. His writing has appeared in Spin, Wired, Playboy, Entertainment Weekly, The Onion, Boing Boing, Publishers Weekly, The Daily Beast and various other publications. He hosts the weekly Boing Boing interview podcast RiYL, has appeared as a regular NPR contributor and shares his Queens apartment with a rabbit named Lucy.
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